Patents by Inventor Tetsuya NAKAJO

Tetsuya NAKAJO has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10748328
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus acquires information representing an angle concerning a view direction for each of a first view direction, a second view direction, and a third view direction and an output view direction. The apparatus derives the influence degree of the rendering representation of the target object concerning each of the first view direction, the second view direction, and the third view direction to the rendering representation of the target object concerning the output view direction based on a curve determined in advance as a reference of rotation of the target object, for which a point on a line corresponding to the angle concerning the view direction is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Live2D Inc.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Nakajo
  • Patent number: 10417811
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus generates rendered images associated with 3D representations of an object indicated by image groups each including a plurality of parts of 2D images by using the image group to perform at least one of movement and deformation of each part included in the image groups. At this time, the apparatus sequentially decides rendering directions in which the object is rendered in the rendered images, and determines a moving direction determined by transition of the sequentially decided rendering directions. The apparatus differentiates the rendering direction, in which at least some parts of the image groups used to generate the rendered images are changed to different parts, in accordance with the determined moving direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Live2D Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Nakajo, Masayuki Todate
  • Patent number: 10366529
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus generates rendered images associated with 3D representations of an object indicated by image groups each including a plurality of parts of 2D images by using the image group to perform at least one of movement and deformation of each part included in the image groups. At this time, the apparatus sequentially decides rendering directions in which the object is rendered in the rendered images, and determines a moving direction determined by transition of the sequentially decided rendering directions. The apparatus differentiates the rendering direction, in which at least some parts of the image groups used to generate the rendered images are changed to different parts, in accordance with the determined moving direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Live2D Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Nakajo, Masayuki Todate
  • Patent number: 10297036
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus acquires a 2D image as a definition target of depth information, and accepts, for the acquired 2D image, an input of point information for designating two points on the image and an input of line segment information indicating a first line segment as a standard of a depth. The apparatus sets, for a point on a second line segment connecting the two points on the 2D image indicated by the point information, depth information based on the first line segment indicated by the line segment information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Live2D Inc.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Nakajo
  • Patent number: 10235785
    Abstract: A storage (240) of an image processing device (100) stores a background image (2410) and a first image (2420) and a second image (2430) that are foreground images with respect to the background image (2410), and a first basic mask image (the first basic mask image (2450) formed from pixels having a pixel value of ‘1’ indicating opacity and pixels having a pixel value of ‘0’ indicating transparence. An acquirer (250) acquires each of these images. An image generator (220) generates a first intermediate image by compositing the first image (2420) onto the background image (2410) only in pixels that are in the same positions as the pixels in the first basic mask image (2450) having the pixel value of ‘1’. The image generator (220) then generates a first composite image by overwriting the second image (2430) onto the first intermediate image only in the pixels that are in the same positions as the pixels in the first basic mask image (2450) having the pixel value of ‘1’.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: LIVE2D INC.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Nakajo, Masayuki Todate
  • Publication number: 20190073823
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus acquires information representing an angle concerning a view direction for each of a first view direction, a second view direction, and a third view direction and an output view direction. The apparatus derives the influence degree of the rendering representation of the target object concerning each of the first view direction, the second view direction, and the third view direction to the rendering representation of the target object concerning the output view direction based on a curve determined in advance as a reference of rotation of the target object, for which a point on a line corresponding to the angle concerning the view direction is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventor: Tetsuya NAKAJO
  • Patent number: 9928664
    Abstract: An acquirer (231) of an image processing device (100) acquires first connection information set between a first part displayed on a display (30) and glue from a glue setting table (214) of a memory (210). The acquirer (231) acquires second connection information set between a second part displayed on the display (30) and the glue from glue setting table (214) of the memory (210). A controller (232) connects together the first part and the second part displayed on the display (30) based on the first connection information and the second connection information acquired by the acquirer (231). A display controller (230) displays the first part and the second part connected together on the display (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: LIVE2D INC.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Nakajo, Masayuki Todate
  • Publication number: 20170178393
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus generates rendered images associated with 3D representations of an object indicated by image groups each including a plurality of parts of 2D images by using the image group to perform at least one of movement and deformation of each part included in the image groups. At this time, the apparatus sequentially decides rendering directions in which the object is rendered in the rendered images, and determines a moving direction determined by transition of the sequentially decided rendering directions. The apparatus differentiates the rendering direction, in which at least some parts of the image groups used to generate the rendered images are changed to different parts, in accordance with the determined moving direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Tetsuya NAKAJO, Masayuki TODATE
  • Publication number: 20170161918
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus acquires a 2D image as a definition target of depth information, and accepts, for the acquired 2D image, an input of point information for designating two points on the image and an input of line segment information indicating a first line segment as a standard of a depth. The apparatus sets, for a point on a second line segment connecting the two points on the 2D image indicated by the point information, depth information based on the first line segment indicated by the line segment information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventor: Tetsuya NAKAJO
  • Publication number: 20170076476
    Abstract: A storage (240) of an image processing device (100) stores a background image (2410) and a first image (2420) and a second image (2430) that are foreground images with respect to the background image (2410), and a first basic mask image (the first basic mask image (2450) formed from pixels having a pixel value of ‘1’ indicating opacity and pixels having a pixel value of ‘0’ indicating transparence. An acquirer (250) acquires each of these images. An image generator (220) generates a first intermediate image by compositing the first image (2420) onto the background image (2410) only in pixels that are in the same positions as the pixels in the first basic mask image (2450) having the pixel value of ‘1’. The image generator (220) then generates a first composite image by overwriting the second image (2430) onto the first intermediate image only in the pixels that are in the same positions as the pixels in the first basic mask image (2450) having the pixel value of ‘1’.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Tetsuya NAKAJO, Masayuki TODATE
  • Publication number: 20160379420
    Abstract: An acquirer (231) of an image processing device (100) acquires first connection information set between a first part displayed on a display (30) and glue from a glue setting table (214) of a memory (210). The acquirer (231) acquires second connection information set between a second part displayed on the display (30) and the glue from glue setting table (214) of the memory (210). A controller (232) connects together the first part and the second part displayed on the display (30) based on the first connection information and the second connection information acquired by the acquirer (231). A display controller (230) displays the first part and the second part connected together on the display (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Tetsuya NAKAJO, Masayuki TODATE